| Check out this week's alternative guide to what's on in London. | Saturday 8th January | | | | Join experts Audrey Collins and Myko Clelland in conversation as they bring the 1921 census to life. |  | 11:30am to 12:30pm |
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| | Sunday 9th January | | | | Two churches on either side of London Bridge will meet in the middle for an annual service - including throwing a large wooden cross into the river | | Starts at 12:15pm |
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| | Monday 10th January | | | | Tuesday 11th January | | | | This lecture will focus on the results of archaeology carried out by HS2 in Hillingdon. | | 6:30pm to 7:30pm |
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| | Wednesday 12th January | | | | How To Live Icelandic is an insider’s guide to the northerly nation of Iceland and all its wonderful eccentricities. | | 6pm to 7pm |
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| | This film and lecture brings together the history and contemporaneity of queer communities in independent Belarus. | | 7pm to 9pm |
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| | Thursday 13th January | | | | Leonid will cover a brief history of graphene and how it was isolated for the first time. | | 7pm to 8:15pm |
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| | Join Andrew Steele as he discusses what happens as we age, practical ways we can help slow down the process and the fascinating research being carried out today. | | 7pm to 8:30pm |
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| | Join award-winning writer and historian Professor Jerry Brotton and journalist Shafi Musaddique for an evening exploring Tudor links with the Islamic world. | | 7pm to 8:15pm |
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| | Friday 14th January | | | | Join Andrew Field as he explores the Battle of Waterloo from a French point of view. | | Starts at 12pm |
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| | Discover the drastically different health and welfare services available to the poor in Victorian society. | | 2pm to 3pm |
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| | Saturday 15th January | | | | Hear from esteemed Oxford University professors as they explore the fascinating role of symmetry in maths, music, philosophy and beyond. | | 10:30am to 3:15pm |
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| Exhibitions closing shortly | | Visitors are invited to bring an old ball to swap with a new one from the numerous shelves that line the walls. (Ends on Sat, 8th Jan) | | An exhibition about the award-winning illustrator of children’s books (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | This exhibition presents large scale photographs taken less than two months after the attacks, as the gravity of the 9/11 terror attacks left a new world in their wake. (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | The annual after-dark festivities with family and friends, as you discover sparkling tunnels of light, dancing waterside reflections, and trees drenched in jewel-like colour on your way to the panoramic Palm House light display. (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | The former Geffrye museum's famous Christmas rooms display returns in the new Museum of the Home. (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | The Gingerbread City invites leading architects, engineers, landscape architects and designers to create a futuristic city made entirely of gingerbread. (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | Come and explore this first of its kind exhibition, mapping the growth of theatre captioning through the work of deaf-led charity Stagetext. (Ends on Sun, 9th Jan) | | The objects, photographs and oral histories on display tell stories of people moving to and living, working, studying and growing up in Hackney, from the 1960s to today. (Ends on Sat, 15th Jan) | | New photographs of The Beatles on the set of the bandʼs first film A HardDayʼs Night by Lord Christopher Thynne(1934– 2017). (Ends on Sat, 15th Jan) | | From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, this exhibition explores our longstanding fascination with the bag. (Ends on Sun, 16th Jan) | | The exhibition invites audiences to consider one of ancient Korea’s most significant, but enigmatic, archaeological sites. (Ends on Sat, 22nd Jan) | | An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) | | This exhibition explores and celebrates the incredible story of Muriel Gardiner’s life, through family photo albums, unpublished documents and Muriel’s own autobiography. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) | | Rediscover the power and presence of architectural wonders by Le Corbusier, Zaha Hadid RA and others through Hélène Binet’s photographic lens. (Ends on Sun, 23rd Jan) |
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